The Story of Chicago's Subjugation to Political and Police Corruption.--The Corrupt Ballot Box.--The Mechanism of the Trust.--The Prices of Sin and Vice.--The Horror of Ruined and Purchased Lives.--The Remedy 15 CHAPTER II. THE DEBAUCHERY OF THE BALLOT. The Sacredness of the Ballot.--Its Corruption by the Vice Trust.--Methods of Corruption.--Affidavits Showing Corruption.--A Cleansed Ballot Box, A Cleansed City 47 CHAPTER III. COME AND SEE. A City Defiled. The First Step.--State Street and Its Pitfalls.--The Stages of Sin.--The Borderland of Hell.--The Cafe Evil.--The Rich Man's Girl Trap.--Crimes that Thrive by Night 63 CHAPTER IV. THE "REDLIGHT" DISTRICT. Houses of Infamy.--The Feeders of the "Redlight" District.-- The Life of a Prostitute.--The Big Palaces of Vice.--The Blood Price.--Hidden Tragedies.--The Polluted Grave 87 CHAPTER V. WHAT WILL YOU BID FOR THIS WOMAN? White Slavery.--The Trapping of the Prey.--Price of a Body and Soul.--Hell's Bondage.--The "Cadet" Master.--Death the Penalty 100 CHAPTER VI. VICE AND GRAFT. Police Collectors.--The Triumvirate.--Figures that Freeze the Blood.--Graft that Feeds on Flesh and Blood.--The Prostitute's Graft Price.--The Kimona Trust.--The Laundry Trust.--The Criminal Doctor.--The Prostitute and the Beer Graft.--The Woman and the "Cadet."--Terrible Examples.--Lure of the Life.--The Pace that Kills.--To the Woman: Death.--How about Your Daughter? 108 CHAPTER VII. SIDE GRAFTS OF THE SOCIAL EVIL. The Rent Graft.--Saloon Graft.--Dance Halls and Protective Prices.--Graft from the Vice Palaces.--The Massage Parlor.--The Drug Crime.--The Vampire Trust 143 CHAPTER VIII. GAMBLING AND ITS GRAFT. The Gambler's Fate.--The Handbook.--Other Games of Chance and Their Protection.--Police Profit.--All Gambling Crooked.--A Warning 156 CHAPTER IX. TEARING OFF THE POLICE MASK. A Story of the Hypocrisy of the Police Department.--Its Neglect of Duty.--Its Protection of Crime.--The Fate of One Police Official.--The Lost Child that is Never Found.--The Exposure of Big Crimes.--"Tipped Off" Raids.--Strange Ignorance of Police.--The Fate of the Honest Policeman.--Collusion of the Police and Thieves 174 CHAPTER X. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Cause of the Great Evils.--A Warning.--The Duty of Parents.--Young Girls and Boys Should Know the Truth.-- Conclusion 190 Preface. Seventy-five years have elapsed since Chicago became an incorporated city.